I spent a couple of days at Summer League this year and got to see only one Spurs game, but I was able to catch lots of other games before I left and here are some random observations.
Dingsanity is a thing
Ding Yanyuhang is a rookie on the Mavericks Summer League squad, and he’s a real crowd favorite. When he first entered the game, he elicited cheers from a core group of fans. After a while, the rest of the arena joined in, and whenever he took a shot, collected a rebound, or even touched the ball, the crowd erupted into cheers, and chants of ‘MVP, MVP, MVP!